Hon. Michael G. TakacJudgeCircuit CourtLake
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135006 | Litigant | View Details | A flagrantly biased and vindictive judge. An insult to the bench and justice system. | 01/26/2026 07:59 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134563 | Court Staff | View Details | Takac has [Redacted by Ed.] . He has no business practicing family law it’s scary to think other people life’s are in his hands he has screwed over so many innocent families throughout the years based on his episodes he has depe...Read More | 11/25/2025 09:08 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 129920 | Litigant | No Rating | Success with Judge Takac = be brief, be bright, be gone. Judge Takac is no nonsense and has zero tolerance for people who are unprepared or do not respect the justice system. Bedside manner was clearly lacking, so consider yoursel...Read More | 12/06/2024 11:48 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 117947 | Other | No Rating | Horrible very one sided wouldn’t let you speak but let the other party ramble on. Poor judgment will not look at any evidence that’s actually proven and provided. There is not enough time or room to go on about how bad of a judge ...Read More | 05/09/2023 05:39 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 104825 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This guy has no clue. He doesn't let the lawyers litigate and rams his opinions and rulings down their throat. Arrogant. | 05/11/2022 01:46 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 102301 | Other | No Rating | This man is awful and should be disbarred! Rules on feelings and is BISAED! Everything stated below is true. This Judge shows the utmost unprofessional and biased OPINIONS. He picks a side and will not hear evidence and does not s...Read More | 01/21/2022 07:41 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 71327 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | In a recent opinion dated June 25, 2019, Judge Takac was reversed by the Fifth District Court of Appeal. Before terminating supervision and relinquishing jurisdiction, Judge Takac failed to perform a best interests analysis or ad...Read More | 06/26/2019 12:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 60271 | Other | No Rating | Judge Takac is the most unprofessional and bullying judge I’ve ever seen. He is a disgrace to his profession. He would be terminated if he worked in corporate America. | 10/04/2018 02:26 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 58564 | Other | No Rating | I had text messages,police reports, counselor notes stating the threats I was receiving, he refused to issue an Injunction and said to call the police next time it happens. The police said they can't do anything with threatening c...Read More | 08/07/2018 07:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57669 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | A disgrace to the justice system!!! | 07/09/2018 10:43 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57668 | Litigant | No Rating | Out right lier in my case over my granddaughter and the testimony to prove it!!! Has no consideration for separating the young child from her family and the one and only living sibling that she has, ( he must have physiological di...Read More | 07/09/2018 10:36 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57618 | Litigant | No Rating | Have gone in front of him twice as a respondent as my wife has filed 2 DV INJ against me to gain an edge in custody, both were soo outrageous that she did not even make the same allegations in her filing as she did in court as I h...Read More | 07/07/2018 03:49 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 56244 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Abusive | 05/22/2018 07:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 53119 | Other | No Rating | This judge is easily persuaded and is consistent in undermining his own peers by what he sees with no real knowledge or understanding of what goes on in an adoption case or does he follow the Florida State statutes. He sees it one...Read More | 12/15/2017 12:26 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 50953 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Takacs is like Barney Fife - the TV cop who should never be given a gun. A woman was sexually attacked by her husband in her home on the evening before he served her divorce papers. Takac's granted relief to protect the woman - ...Read More | 08/05/2017 08:10 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 50950 | Other | No Rating | This judge is an egomaniac who has no desire to hear or understand any facts in his cases. He asks questions and when trying to answer, starts yelling at the top of his voice to bully everyone in the court. He has ordered childr...Read More | 08/05/2017 06:39 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 50881 | Other | No Rating | I was awake all night stressing over my hearing the night before after reading the horrible stories here. I had 5 injunction hearings prior to mine that I was able to witness. I felt the rulings were very fair. It did not seem tha...Read More | 08/01/2017 06:25 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 46162 | Other | No Rating | Very rude and talks down to women. Favors men in custody cases. Never allows full testimony without interruptions. Even when the men in his court are bullies and have a history of threats and abuse, they receive his favor. Truly s...Read More | 11/02/2016 10:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44926 | Other | No Rating | Complete disregard for the law end of story. Favors men in custody hearings. (I'm a man) Incompetent and vitally impossible to follow rulings. Continuously interrupts and is arrogant. Disregards evidence and court procedure. Retai...Read More | 08/23/2016 06:00 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44733 | Other | No Rating | This judge is a complete disaster. Does not follow the law and prejudges the case prior to hearing all the facts. If you are a male who shows up well dressed and have a case against a woman who seems happy with life, you are in lu...Read More | 08/12/2016 02:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 42756 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Very disappointed. He treats attorneys rudely and bungles even small cases. Makes small cases expensive to clients, then blames the lawyers for delay. His rulings miss the mark by a country mile and makes the results worse for ...Read More | 05/16/2016 05:03 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 38666 | Other | No Rating | I sat through 6 or more petitions for restraining orders in Judge Takacs courtroom. He would not listen to anyone that had a petition and would not let them explain. He seemed to show favortism toward the persons that were not on ...Read More | 11/03/2015 08:10 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 35864 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | He does not go by law, Florida or Civil Code. He instigates litigation and has no idea what is going on. He cannot handle cases and does not are about truth, honesty, or what he costing innocent litigants by the games he plays in ...Read More | 06/29/2015 10:45 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 35427 | Litigant | No Rating | Unfortunately, he either does not understand the Florida Statutes or simply chooses not to follow them. The law is the law and Judge Takac needs to take a refresher course. And his personal comments, tardiness and obvious bias tow...Read More | 06/15/2015 10:22 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 31848 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | The worst judge in Lake County and he will not follow the law, intentionally talks down to women and refuses to rule on cases. Needs to be removed from the bench before anymore lives are ruined. | 12/23/2014 04:35 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 31055 | Other | No Rating | This man does his job!! | 11/14/2014 11:53 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 30176 | Other | No Rating | He shows time and time again that he's more on the side of men in divorce proceedings and just can't make rational decisions. Can't wait to vote against him next term. | 10/20/2014 08:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 30059 | Other | No Rating | This judge is breaking his own court order and has no regard for helping people. He is unable to think through things rationally and people who work with him feel he is a Jerk to the public | 10/15/2014 01:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 29881 | Prosecutor | View Details | Procedure and rules, why follow them?? He’s flies by the seat of his pants at his proceedings. Partial and unethical. Doesn't have the experience needed to be on the bench. | 10/07/2014 11:42 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 28927 | Other | No Rating | "Quirky" is what everyone says about him and that's very true. Nothing like the other seasoned judges that treat all cases pretty much the same. | 08/21/2014 09:08 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22049 | Litigant | No Rating | This judge is horrid and cares nothing for the best interests of children. | 06/16/2013 05:09 AM | Contact reviewer |
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